Scouting game and wildlife with the Stealth Cam Prowler HD Digital Trail Camera has never been more advanced.
Stealth Cam’s Prowler HD Digital Video Scouting Recorder with features full HD video footage recording as well as an 8Mb Still camera. The device also stamps time/date/moon phase and temperature on each file to give invaluable field information. As well as recording video and stills the Prowler records full audio.
With 54 infrared emitters, the Prowler HD can capture night images and subjects out to 40 feet. It has adjustable video recording times. (from five seconds to five minutes)
How to Set up your Prowler HD
The Stealth Cam Prowler comes in the box with a belt strap, instructions and a data transfer lead. You will need 6 decent quality C cell batteries, and a SD memory card which you can purchase a 4 Gig one for about £7.00. Running the camera at full resolution with a 4Gb card will give you 1600 high res 3400×2550 still shots or 112 HD video clips.
Positioning the Camera
It’s endorsed that you simply mount the digicam 5ft from the bottom with the lens pointing at a slight downward angle. Be careful of the rising solar and position your digital camera in order that it’s dealing with North or South, and clear any foliage from in front of the lens. Feed the strap by way of the digital camera, there are two “belt loops” on the back of the device and wrap the straps round a tree or submit but do not tighten them just yet.
Direct the camera so that it’s dealing with the area you wish to cowl with the IR. Keep away from inserting the digicam towards a rising or setting solar as it might probably trigger overexposure of the shots. Slide the digicam to the facet of the tree, and look by the viewfinder at the prime of the digital camera to verify the world the lens will cover.
When completely satisfied tighten up the straps, and lock the belt by means of the buckle to make a decent fit. For small floor recreation a wood wedge placed at the prime of the camera will make the lens point in the direction of the ground extra, overlaying the bottom space better.
Testing the Operation
1. As soon as you might be pleased with the cameras positioning, open up the digicam physique, and turn the digicam on.
2. Press the Check button, the digicam will then enter a 1 minute countdown mode, time enough to leave the coverage area.
3. Stroll by your aimed capture space, guaranteeing that the PIR picks up your presence, that is indicated by a inexperienced LED illuminating.
4. I take advantage of Millie my lab pup as a check canine, but asking her to walk previous the digital camera, checking that it picks up a smaller object, reasonably than a 15 stone human!
5. When you’re glad that the positioning of the digicam is enough to cover the area you require, you’re able to begin.
Programming the Digicam for Operation
1. When you will have accomplished the Test operation, you’re able to set up the camera. It is best to decide around now for those who want to capture video footage or still shots. Bear in mind you’ll be able to have a burst mode of 1-9 sequential photos in still mode!
2. Open up the digicam, and insert your blank SD card within the SD card slot on the facet of the interior digicam body.
3. Turn the camera ON and following your guide, set the camera for either Camera or Video mode. You additionally need to set the duration of the video, or the number of shots you wish the camera to take at once. In video mode you possibly can have the camera operating in HD, D1 or VGA mode, with HD being the best quality but much less image amount per card. In Digicam mode you may choose Excessive, Low or Base resolution, in fact as with video, the lower the resolution means the more photos you can fit on a reminiscence card. We set the video length to twenty seconds and the outing to 1.
4. The Time Out setting means that you can tell the Stealth Cam how long it should “sleep” between triggering. This must be set quite low if you’re utilizing a big capacity memory card, as there is nothing worse than a deer transferring into shot, then out of shot for a moment, to return to graze in entrance of a sleeping path camera, that does not wake up again for 10minutes, by which time the deer has scorching footed it to new pastures.
5. You must also arrange the time, and date at this stage, which is kind of essential when reviewing the video footage at a later date.
6. At the finish of each program set up selection, chances are you’ll press MENU to exit and return to the digital camera standing read screen. You now have 60 seconds to shut up the digicam, and to get out of the PIR zone.
7. Making sure you fasten both clasps firmly, shut up the camera and leave the area, the camera is now ready to seize motion of animals.
8. At night the Infra red will illuminate.
9. During the day you’re going to get color images.
Returning to the digital camera
Whenever you return to the camera, you’ll be able to immediately see if it has been triggered by the counter on the front.
If you are lucky you should have captured either still or video footage of wildlife or passers-by.
1. The Stealth Cam Prowler HD comes full with a cable to download to your PC, nonetheless this implies detaching the digital camera and taking it dwelling with you. Its finest to have two SD cards, so you can hold one empty to swap over, and change the full SD card.
2. Now we have SD playing cards, so open up the digicam, and turn off the camera.
3. Remove the present SD card, replacing it with one other empty card, make any modifications to the menu you need corresponding to resolution or time and many others, after which ensuring the digital camera is turned on, shut it up prepared for the subsequent day.
Downloading your footage
1. We took our Prowler again to our desks and eliminated the SD card able to download.
2. Remove the SD card, after which insert it into your laptop card reader. In case your PC does not have a built in SD slot, you should buy a USB card reader for a number of pounds.
3. When you’ve inserted the cardboard, your PC will read the information.
4. Open up the folder containing the files on the SD card, and you can view the photos or video in your desktop or save them for a later date, or even upload them to You Tube to share with the world.

December 22nd, 2011
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